1. This document contains a student's responses to 5 true/false statements about geography, science, and materials. The student correctly identifies that South Korea is not communist and lies east of China, that a thermostat regulates temperature while a thermometer measures it, and that tides are caused by the moon's gravity, not Earth's rotation. The student also correctly states that nylon, rayon and acrylic are chemically treated cotton fibers. However, the student incorrectly believes typhoons are caused by earthquakes rather than excess ocean heat.